Entitlement vs. Unity
On our drive home she began talking about the entitlement attitudes here in America. I’ve said before I believe that’s why Obama got elected-the entitlement generation played right into his hands. Then she went further-Sodom and Gomorrah was filled with a generation of people who had the entitlement attitude. Interestingly enough today the focus at Church was on Unity-specifically Pres. Eyring’s talk on Unity and Pres. Joseph Smith Jr. lesson on Unity. With our conversation fresh in my mind and the words pouring from the pulpits it became apparent that the societal characteristics of unity seem to be the exact opposite of the societal entitlement characteristics. As to the entitlement attitudes, I hear one son talking about how the company he works for is raping the employee (charging the employee more for health care-HELL-O there are companies no longer offering health insurance because it’s costing them so much); students talking about how good it is in other countries and how bad th...